The Go Bag

[TheCommandTent]

...I also always keep a case of bottle water in the house for when the power goes off ...

Are you on well water?

Yeah, so when the power is off I am up a creek, well with out any water. :)


I am also in the habit of when a bad storm is rolling through to fill the bathtub and any lose bottles and containers with water so that if the power goes off I have some water for manually flushing the toilet and basic bathing.  Also I can boil the water on the camp stove for cooking.  If used conservatively a bathtub full of water can last quite a while.

[Staggerwing]

^sadly, most bathtubs won't hold water indefinitely if they are older. You need some kind of good seal or waterproof sticky patch to cover the drain.

[TheCommandTent]

^sadly, most bathtubs won't hold water indefinitely if they are older. You need some kind of good seal or waterproof sticky patch to cover the drain.

The place I am currently renting must have a good seal because it held water for 4 days when Irene came through last year.  Thankfully I've never had to keep it any longer.

[MIGMaster]

Mine's more of a bug-out bag! I have laptop, Kindle, Playbook, 2 portable USB HDDs with all the family pics and important files (which includes images of every room in the house for insurance purposes). 40GB of flashdrives, all of my passwords, Remington's small K-bar style knife... It's all in a Cabela's digital camo handgun bag bag with MOLLE straps. It's small enough to carry around and keep stuff stored in when you're not using it.

It's great if my Mother-in-law comes... I can grab the bag and set-up shop anywhere !  ;)

[LongBlade]

Mine's more of a bug-out bag! I have laptop, Kindle, Playbook, 2 portable USB HDDs with all the family pics and important files (which includes images of every room in the house for insurance purposes). 40GB of flashdrives, all of my passwords, Remington's small K-bar style knife... It's all in a Cabela's digital camo handgun bag bag with MOLLE straps. It's small enough to carry around and keep stuff stored in when you're not using it.

It's great if my Mother-in-law comes... I can grab the bag and set-up shop anywhere !  ;)

That's what I call my electronics bag. Swiss Army backpack designed for a 17" laptop. Has all my cords and cables, a few books, some small board/card games just in case I run into a random stranger who games. That's my goto bag when I travel.

As I noted above, it's far more likely that I'll need to stay in rather than bug out. Never hurts to be prepared for both, but the reality is that I've been snowed in more often than I've been overrun by zombies.

[Jack Nastyface]

Good idea about the digital pics of the rooms, etc!

[TheCommandTent]

Good idea about the digital pics of the rooms, etc!

+1

[MIGMaster]

I get OCD about that stuff. I get OCD about that stuff. I get OCD about that stuff.

[bayonetbrant]

I've got CDO. It's like OCD, but with the letters in alphabetical order like they're supposed to be.

[GDS_Starfury]

good ideas so far.
I cant wait for JH's post on the matter.

[LongBlade]

good ideas so far.
I cant wait for JH's post on the matter.

Jarhead's Go Bag is an AAV.

[Staggerwing]

With Air Cover...

[LongBlade]

good ideas so far.
I cant wait for JH's post on the matter.

If you're still soliciting suggestions - at the risk of repeating myself - don't overlook the fun factor.

Eventually you will reach a point of security and will need some downtime. I know, I know, this is when the zombies usually get the hot cheerleader and the football captain, but let's pretend for a moment that we're a bit closer to reality.

Bring a fifth (or two) of something you like. Knowing you as I do, Star, you should have a couple of boxes of condoms. Keep 'em fresh and rotate your stock, because I expect the zombie apocalypse to just follow the invasion from Mars in terms of chronology.

[GDS_Starfury]

Im really asking this from a serious position.
so far in its reformation Ive got:
bottle of tylenol
bottle of advil
bottle of hydrogin peroxide
first aid kit
extra tubes of neosporin and polysporin
ace bandages
2 pair of soxs
3 pack of underware
2 pair of cargo pants
4 jersey tee shirts
thermal blanket
important paperwork:  SS card, birth certificate, needed bank records ect
magnesium fire kit
combat knife
compass
maps of Florida
2 small and 1 large Mag-lite
waterproof watch
pistol + 200 rounds  half HP half range rounds
3 magazines loaded with HP
iodine tablets
4 bars of soap
5 pack of razors
every tool I might need, barring having to builld a house, is in the lockbox in my pickup.
keep a full tank and refill when you hit half.

[GDS_Starfury]

wtf do you all have 'emergency bags'?

emergencies done happen when you expect them to.  SHTF at the most inopprotune times.  thats why its when SHTF.
its also not some nutcase idea of a zombie break out.  no track right now shows this storm not hitting south Florida. 
Ive already seen the end results of some crap like Andrew of Katinra.  its frikin weird to see  NG troops on the intersections
of your backyard when theres no power, no ice and no food.  to me having a plan and the equipment to carry it out is
just a basic responsibility.